#Garifuna women

[omgthatdress]

waranagua dance, of the Garifuna people of Belize

Belize Garifuna women dancing

Belize Kriyol women

Belize mestiza woman

Belize Mayan women

[longliveblackness]

The Story of Barauda

She was the primary wife of Satuyé, the Garifuna leader, she was his advisor, his companion and his accomplice, she would guide of the women, she was strong-willed, she fought to defend the Garifunas and she is credited because she would always put pressure on Satuyé.

She was the one who claimed that if he did nothing for their lands, she would fight and he could give her his pants and he could wear her skirts. Satuyé could never bear the pressure that was imposed on him by Barauda and because of her, he rose up to defend the Garifuna people, winning every battle by following her suggestions; until he was killed by treason.

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La Historia de Barauda

La mujer principal de Satuyé el lider Garifuna, ella era su consejera, su compañera y su cómplice, era la guía de las mujeres, con un carácter fuerte, peleaba por defender a los garifunas y a ella se le amerita el hecho de que siempre imponía presión ante Satuyé.

Ella era quien le reclamaba que si él no hacía nada por sus tierras, que ella pelearía y que le diera sus pantalones y él usaría sus faldas; entonces Satuyé nunca pudo con la presión que le imponía Barauda como tal y gracias a ella él se levantó a defender el pueblo Garifuna, ganando cada batalla, siguiendo las sugerencias de ella; hasta que lo mataron a traición.

[seewetter]

Mythic Creatures by Region & Culture

Part 9: Africa

Here is the overview of global creatures.

Cross-Cultural (across multiple but not all cultures)

Amadlozi of the Nguni people in South Africa; Anansi is Akan (which includes the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Anyi, Ashanti (!!!!!!!), Baoulé, Bono, Chakosi, Fante, Kwahu, Sefwi, Wassa, Ahanta, and Nzema) also found in African American lore; Asanbosam is Akan (which includes the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Anyi, Ashanti (!!!!!!!), Baoulé, Bono, Chakosi, Fante, Kwahu, Sefwi, Wassa, Ahanta, and Nzema) also found in Jamaican slave lore; Death; Jengu various peoples in Cameroon; Madam Koi Koi; Mami Wata; Mazomba; Mbombo; Mbuti Mythic Creatures; Mbwiri; Nandi Bear; Ninki Nanka; Nyami Nyami; Obambou; Obia also name for a creature in Latin American folklore (Garifuna of Bay Islands, Honduras); Ogun; Oshun; Shetani; Somali myth; Werehyena; Yumboes Wolof; Zār; Zuhri

allegedly African

Aegipan; Amphisbaena, in Greek myth, Perseus flies over Libya with head of Medusa…blood creates Amphisbaene; Catoblepas; Cerastes; Crocotta; Dingonek East Africa 1907-1918; Ethiopian pegasus; Forest Bull; Gold-digging ant; Griffon; Hypnalis; Leontophone; Lycaon; Macrobian; Pard; Pygmies; Rompo; Scitalis; Seps; Struthopodes maybe??; Syrbotae; Tarand; Theow; Wild Man, Wild Woman ; Wild Men, Wild Women; Yale

Angola

Kishi

Ashanti

Anansi; Asanbosam; Obayifo

Benin

Aido Hwedo, also in Haiti

Canary Islands (Guanches)

Guayota; Maxios; Tibicena; Witches of Anaga

Congo

Abada; Bunzi; Eloko ; Biloko; Jengu also known in Cameroon, called Bisimi with the Bakongo; Mfinda; Nkisi; Nkondi; Simbi

Dahomey

Aziza

Dogon

Nommo

Ethiopia

in the Quran, an Aksumite (Ethiopian) siege is averted by birds dropping stones: Ababil; Buda (Ethiopia & Eritrea, were-hyena & evil eye); Ethiopian superstition; Holawaka (Oromo, Ethiopia);

Igbo

Ibo loa also Haiti

Nkomi & Bakalai, Gabon

Koolakamba

Ghana

Abonsam, also Gold Coast; Adze, possessing "vampire" who stalks prey as firefly among the Ewe of Togo and Ghana

Gold Coast

Abonsam, also in Ghana

Kalenjin, Kenya

Kalenjin Mythic Creatures

Khoikhoi

Aigamuxa

Lingala

Mokele-mbembe

Lugbara (Congo to Sudan)

Adroanzi, "angels", benevolent children of the god Androa, but if you turn around to look at them you die

Malagasy

Kalanoro; Vazimba; Yateveo (Plant) alleged

Mozambique

Agogwe sighted by 2 Europeans in 1926-1927 but existed prior as a word & creature in indigenous oral traditions

Songhay

Hira; Zin Kibaru

Sotho, South Africa

Kammapa; Monyohe

South African Folktales Grootslang

Tswana

Matsieng

Uganda

Jok (among Acholi of Uganda and South Sudan); Lukwata (Baganda of Uganda);

West Africa

Adze, possessing "vampire" who stalks prey as firefly among the Ewe of Togo and Ghana; Ekpo Nka-Owo (Ibibio, Southern Nigeria); Wereleopard; Zin;

Xhosa

Amafufunyana (possession, schizophrenia); Uhlakanyana

Yoruba

Abiku; Egbere; Emere; Shango; Yemọja

Zambia

Ilomba among the Lozi people

Zanzibar

Popobawa

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Bird

Zulu

Inkanyamba; Isitwalangcengce; Lightning Bird; Tikoloshe; Uhlakanyana; Umamba; Usiququmadevu; Zulu religion

Ancient Egypt

Aani; Abezethibou, Testament of Solomon, acted during Book of Moses in Egypt; Abtu; Abyzou; Akhekh; Ammit; Anubis; Apophis; Ba (personality); Bennu; Griffon; Hieracosphinx; Isfet; Medjed; Mehen_Board_Game_Snake_God_Egypt; Meretseger; Nemty; Serpopard; Set animal; Sphinx; Taweret; Teka-her; Unut_Egypt_Rabbit-Snake-Lion_Goddess; Uraeus; Wadjet

allegedly Ancient Egyptian

Cynocephali; Phoenix

Notify me if there are mistakes or if any of these creatures, beings or figures should not be used in art or fiction. (Note that every artist & writer should consider whether use of these figures is appropriate whether someone has complained or not).

[brookston]

Holidays 11.19

Holidays

Alligator Wrestling Day

American Made Matters Day

Automatic Toll Collection Day

Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (Belarus, Russia)

Dedication Day

Discovery Day (Puerto Rico)

Equal Opportunity Day

Fast for an Abundant World Harvest

Fete de S.A.A. le Prince Souverain (Monaco)

Flag Day (Brazil)

Garifuna Settlement Day (Belize)

Get a Pal For Your Pet Day

Gettysburg Address Day

Glass Industry Workers’ Day (Russia; Ukraine)

Group Rates For Group Souls Day

”Have A Bad Day” Day

Hydrometeorological Service Workers’ Day (Ukraine)

International Journalist’s Remembrance Day

International Make Someone Feel Uncomfortable Day

International Men's Day

International Whole Grain Day

Liberation Day (Mali)

Liberation of the Sami People of the Coast (Norway)

Martyr’s Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)

Missile Troops and Artillery Day (Belarus; Russia)

National Alina Day

National Ammo Day

National Blow Bagpipes Day

National Camp Day

National Carla Day

National Day (Monaco)

National Domino Day (Netherlands)

National Enteropathic Arthritis Day (Canada)

National Integration Day (India)

National Lewis Day

National Morgan Day

National Rural Health Day

National Treasure Day

Play Monopoly Day

Please Maintain Your Focus Today Day

Prince Rainier Day (Monaco)

Retired Teachers’ Day (Florida)

Rocky & Bullwinkle Day

Service Tree Day (French Republic)

Tamandua Day (Brazil)

Tape Your Face Day

Tertiary Education Workers Day (Russia)

’What Ever Happened to Gary Puckett?’ Day

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

World Anteater Day

World Banjo Ukelele Day

World Chess Day

World Citizen Day

World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse

World Day of the Poor

World Portable Sanitation Day

World Toilet Day (UN)

Zion National Park Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day

National Macchiato Day

National Soup Day (Germany)

Independence & Related Days

German Reich of Mednyat (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Karnia-Ruthenia (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Libri (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Rabenberg (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

3rd Tuesday in November

National Entrepreneurs Day [3rd Tuesday]

National Grief & Bereavement Day (Canada) [3rd Tuesday]

National Working Daughters Day [3rd Tuesday]

Parents Day [3rd Tuesday]

Prematurity Awareness Day [3rd Tuesday]

School Pride Day [Tuesday of American Education Week]

School Related Professional Recognition Day [3rd Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tapas Tuesday [3rd Tuesday of Each Month]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Trusting Tuesday [3rd Tuesday of Each Month]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning November 19 (3rd Full Week of November)

None Known

Festivals Beginning November 19, 2024

Latino Farmers Conference (Monterey, California) [thru 11.20]

National Gingerbread House Competition & Display (Asheville, North Carolina) [thru 1.5.2025]

Feast Days

Angrboda’s Blot (Pagan)

Barlaam (Christian; Saint)

Charlie Kaufman (Writerism)

Chhat Parwa (Nepal)

Elizabeth of Hungary (Christian; Saint)

Eustache Le Sueur (Artology)

Guru Nanak Jayanti (Sikh; India, Nepal)

Hans Liska (Artology)

Hate For the Sake of Hating Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Jane Freilicher (Artology)

Joanne Kyger (Writerism)

Karthika Purnima (a.k.a. Rahasa Purnima; Parts of India)

Nerses (Christian; Martyr)

Obadiah (Eastern Catholic Church; Prophet)

Onion Lore Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Pontian, Pope (Christian; Martyr)

Raphael Kalinowski (Christian; Saint)

Severinus, Exuperius, and Felician (Christian; Saints)

Sharon Olds (Writerism)

Singbad the Sailor (Muppetism)

Tony Hoagland (Writerism)

Warlock Day (Everyday Wicca)

World Toilet Day (Pastafarian)

Ximenes (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 53 of 60)

Premieres

Addams Family Values (Film; 1993)

Artistry in Rhythm, by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Album; 1943)

Arts and Flowers (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1956)

Babes in the Woods (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Boris Badenov Presents or The 20-Inch Scream (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 227; 1963)

Bosko’s Dizzy Date (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)

Brain Salad Surgery, by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Album; 1973)

Bugs Bunny’s 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (WB Cartoon Compilation; 1982)

The Case of the Sulky Girl, by Erle Stanley Gardner (Novel; 1933) [Perry Mason #2]

Coda, by Led Zeppelin (Album; 1982)

Cowboy BeBop (TV Series; 2021)

Dance Suite, by Béla Bartók (Orchestral Work; 1923)

Debbie Does Dallas (Adult Film; 1978)

Dog Tax Dodgers (Andy Panda Cartoon; 1948)

Dollars to Doughnuts or The Wonderful World of Cruller (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 228; 1963)

Dylan, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1973)

Festive Overture, by Ernst von Dohnányi (Orchestral Work; 1923)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Film; 2021)

Hector’s Hectic Life (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1948)

Heidi’s Song (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Movie; 1982)

Homer on the Range (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1964)

Hiccup Hound (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)

Horning In (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1965)

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (Film; 1932)

I’m Out of Bullets or Pour Me Another Shot (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 231; 1963)

It’s for he Birdies (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1962)

Joe’s Garage, by Frank Zappa (Rock Opera; 1979)

Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Movie; 1995)

Kozmo Goes to School (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

The Last Unicorn (Animated Film; 1982)

Liverpool Oratorio, by Paul McCartney (Oratorio; 1991)

Mansfield Park (Film; 1999)

Monster of Ceremonies (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1966)

National Treasure (Film; 2004)

The Night Watchman (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

Northern Mites (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang, by Dr. Dre (Song; 1992)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Film; 1975)

Psalmus Hungaricus, by Zoltán Kodály (Choral Work; 1923)

Protek the Weakerist (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1937)

Round and Round, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 23 & 24; 1967)

Seasick Bullwinkle or How Green Was My Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 232; 1963)

Seven Samurai (Film; 1956)

The Sheepish Wolf (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)

Somebody to Love, by Queen (Song; 1976)

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Animated Film; 2004)

That’s My Mommy (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1955)

The Thrifty Pig (Disney Cartoon; 1941)

Toy Story 2 (Film; 1999)

The Wheel of Time (TV Series; 2021)

The World Is Not Enough (US Film; 1999) [James Bond #19]

Today’s Name Days

Bettina, Elisabeth, Lisa (Austria)

Jakov, Matilda, Obadija, Salomeja (Croatia)

Alžběta (Czech Republic)

Elisabeth (Denmark)

Betti, Eliisabet, Eliise, Elis, Els, Elsa, Else, Ilse, Liis, Liisa, Liisi, Liisu (Estonia)

Eliisa, Elisa, Elisabet, Elise, Liisa, Liisi (Finland)

Tanguy (France)

Bettina, Elisabeth, Lisa, Roman (Germany)

Erzsébet (Hungary)

Fausto (Italy)

Betija, Elizabete, Līza, Līze (Latvia)

Dainotas, Matilda, Rimgaudė (Lithuania)

Elisabeth, Lisbet (Norway)

Elżbieta, Mironiega, Paweł, Seweryn, Seweryna (Poland)

Avdie (Romania)

Alexander (Russia)

Alžbeta (Slovakia)

Crispín, Matilde (Spain)

Elisabet, Lisbet (Sweden)

Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betty, Elisa, Elisabeth, Elise, Elissa, Eliza, Elizabeth, Elsa, Elsie, Elyse, Elyssa, Elza, Libby, Lisa, Liza, Lizbeth, Lizette (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 324 of 2024; 42 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of Week 47 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 24 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Yi-Hai), Day 19 (Ding-Hai)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 18 Heshvan 5785

Islamic: 17 Jumada I 1446

J Cal: 24 Wood; Threesday [24 of 30]

Julian: 6 November 2024

Moon: 81%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 16 Frederic (12th Month) [Qxenstiern / Sully]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 58 of 90)

Week: 3rd Full Week of November

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 27 of 30)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 11.19

Holidays

Alligator Wrestling Day

American Made Matters Day

Automatic Toll Collection Day

Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (Belarus, Russia)

Dedication Day

Discovery Day (Puerto Rico)

Equal Opportunity Day

Fast for an Abundant World Harvest

Fete de S.A.A. le Prince Souverain (Monaco)

Flag Day (Brazil)

Garifuna Settlement Day (Belize)

Get a Pal For Your Pet Day

Gettysburg Address Day

Glass Industry Workers’ Day (Russia; Ukraine)

Group Rates For Group Souls Day

”Have A Bad Day” Day

Hydrometeorological Service Workers’ Day (Ukraine)

International Journalist’s Remembrance Day

International Make Someone Feel Uncomfortable Day

International Men's Day

International Whole Grain Day

Liberation Day (Mali)

Liberation of the Sami People of the Coast (Norway)

Martyr’s Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)

Missile Troops and Artillery Day (Belarus; Russia)

National Alina Day

National Ammo Day

National Blow Bagpipes Day

National Camp Day

National Carla Day

National Day (Monaco)

National Domino Day (Netherlands)

National Enteropathic Arthritis Day (Canada)

National Integration Day (India)

National Lewis Day

National Morgan Day

National Rural Health Day

National Treasure Day

Play Monopoly Day

Please Maintain Your Focus Today Day

Prince Rainier Day (Monaco)

Retired Teachers’ Day (Florida)

Rocky & Bullwinkle Day

Service Tree Day (French Republic)

Tamandua Day (Brazil)

Tape Your Face Day

Tertiary Education Workers Day (Russia)

’What Ever Happened to Gary Puckett?’ Day

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

World Anteater Day

World Banjo Ukelele Day

World Chess Day

World Citizen Day

World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse

World Day of the Poor

World Portable Sanitation Day

World Toilet Day (UN)

Zion National Park Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day

National Macchiato Day

National Soup Day (Germany)

Independence & Related Days

German Reich of Mednyat (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Karnia-Ruthenia (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Libri (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Rabenberg (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

3rd Tuesday in November

National Entrepreneurs Day [3rd Tuesday]

National Grief & Bereavement Day (Canada) [3rd Tuesday]

National Working Daughters Day [3rd Tuesday]

Parents Day [3rd Tuesday]

Prematurity Awareness Day [3rd Tuesday]

School Pride Day [Tuesday of American Education Week]

School Related Professional Recognition Day [3rd Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tapas Tuesday [3rd Tuesday of Each Month]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Trusting Tuesday [3rd Tuesday of Each Month]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning November 19 (3rd Full Week of November)

None Known

Festivals Beginning November 19, 2024

Latino Farmers Conference (Monterey, California) [thru 11.20]

National Gingerbread House Competition & Display (Asheville, North Carolina) [thru 1.5.2025]

Feast Days

Angrboda’s Blot (Pagan)

Barlaam (Christian; Saint)

Charlie Kaufman (Writerism)

Chhat Parwa (Nepal)

Elizabeth of Hungary (Christian; Saint)

Eustache Le Sueur (Artology)

Guru Nanak Jayanti (Sikh; India, Nepal)

Hans Liska (Artology)

Hate For the Sake of Hating Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Jane Freilicher (Artology)

Joanne Kyger (Writerism)

Karthika Purnima (a.k.a. Rahasa Purnima; Parts of India)

Nerses (Christian; Martyr)

Obadiah (Eastern Catholic Church; Prophet)

Onion Lore Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Pontian, Pope (Christian; Martyr)

Raphael Kalinowski (Christian; Saint)

Severinus, Exuperius, and Felician (Christian; Saints)

Sharon Olds (Writerism)

Singbad the Sailor (Muppetism)

Tony Hoagland (Writerism)

Warlock Day (Everyday Wicca)

World Toilet Day (Pastafarian)

Ximenes (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 53 of 60)

Premieres

Addams Family Values (Film; 1993)

Artistry in Rhythm, by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Album; 1943)

Arts and Flowers (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1956)

Babes in the Woods (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Boris Badenov Presents or The 20-Inch Scream (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 227; 1963)

Bosko’s Dizzy Date (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)

Brain Salad Surgery, by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Album; 1973)

Bugs Bunny’s 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (WB Cartoon Compilation; 1982)

The Case of the Sulky Girl, by Erle Stanley Gardner (Novel; 1933) [Perry Mason #2]

Coda, by Led Zeppelin (Album; 1982)

Cowboy BeBop (TV Series; 2021)

Dance Suite, by Béla Bartók (Orchestral Work; 1923)

Debbie Does Dallas (Adult Film; 1978)

Dog Tax Dodgers (Andy Panda Cartoon; 1948)

Dollars to Doughnuts or The Wonderful World of Cruller (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 228; 1963)

Dylan, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1973)

Festive Overture, by Ernst von Dohnányi (Orchestral Work; 1923)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Film; 2021)

Hector’s Hectic Life (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1948)

Heidi’s Song (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Movie; 1982)

Homer on the Range (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1964)

Hiccup Hound (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)

Horning In (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1965)

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (Film; 1932)

I’m Out of Bullets or Pour Me Another Shot (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 231; 1963)

It’s for he Birdies (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1962)

Joe’s Garage, by Frank Zappa (Rock Opera; 1979)

Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Movie; 1995)

Kozmo Goes to School (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

The Last Unicorn (Animated Film; 1982)

Liverpool Oratorio, by Paul McCartney (Oratorio; 1991)

Mansfield Park (Film; 1999)

Monster of Ceremonies (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1966)

National Treasure (Film; 2004)

The Night Watchman (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

Northern Mites (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang, by Dr. Dre (Song; 1992)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Film; 1975)

Psalmus Hungaricus, by Zoltán Kodály (Choral Work; 1923)

Protek the Weakerist (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1937)

Round and Round, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 23 & 24; 1967)

Seasick Bullwinkle or How Green Was My Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 232; 1963)

Seven Samurai (Film; 1956)

The Sheepish Wolf (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)

Somebody to Love, by Queen (Song; 1976)

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Animated Film; 2004)

That’s My Mommy (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1955)

The Thrifty Pig (Disney Cartoon; 1941)

Toy Story 2 (Film; 1999)

The Wheel of Time (TV Series; 2021)

The World Is Not Enough (US Film; 1999) [James Bond #19]

Today’s Name Days

Bettina, Elisabeth, Lisa (Austria)

Jakov, Matilda, Obadija, Salomeja (Croatia)

Alžběta (Czech Republic)

Elisabeth (Denmark)

Betti, Eliisabet, Eliise, Elis, Els, Elsa, Else, Ilse, Liis, Liisa, Liisi, Liisu (Estonia)

Eliisa, Elisa, Elisabet, Elise, Liisa, Liisi (Finland)

Tanguy (France)

Bettina, Elisabeth, Lisa, Roman (Germany)

Erzsébet (Hungary)

Fausto (Italy)

Betija, Elizabete, Līza, Līze (Latvia)

Dainotas, Matilda, Rimgaudė (Lithuania)

Elisabeth, Lisbet (Norway)

Elżbieta, Mironiega, Paweł, Seweryn, Seweryna (Poland)

Avdie (Romania)

Alexander (Russia)

Alžbeta (Slovakia)

Crispín, Matilde (Spain)

Elisabet, Lisbet (Sweden)

Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betty, Elisa, Elisabeth, Elise, Elissa, Eliza, Elizabeth, Elsa, Elsie, Elyse, Elyssa, Elza, Libby, Lisa, Liza, Lizbeth, Lizette (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 324 of 2024; 42 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of Week 47 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 24 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Yi-Hai), Day 19 (Ding-Hai)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 18 Heshvan 5785

Islamic: 17 Jumada I 1446

J Cal: 24 Wood; Threesday [24 of 30]

Julian: 6 November 2024

Moon: 81%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 16 Frederic (12th Month) [Qxenstiern / Sully]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 58 of 90)

Week: 3rd Full Week of November

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 27 of 30)

[willfredo247]

MILPA + X (video installation)

“MILPA + X" is a commission I developed for NATURE AND STATE, being shown at @kunsthallebadenbaden Germany Jul-Oct 2022. The video installation is an edited form of ongoing research and conversations, existing files and their rendered forms as well as statements about water politics, indigenous queer ecology, commodification of resources and indigenous rights. The research starts with Solway, a mining company based in Switzerland accused of polluting Lake Izabal in Guatemala since 2017, for which they blame algae. Lake Izabal is a significant resource, sacred place and heritage for several indigenous communities in east Guatemala including the Afro-Guatemalan Garifuna. Indigenous anthropologist Giovanni Batz critically calls this type of neoliberal megaprojects the “forth invasion” of Guatemala, and the several entanglements in this story, unfolding the mutations of European colonialism in the region. Bodies gather irl as well as social media to protest against these illegal acts and commercial interests for their own rights and resources. While the Maya K'iche' anthropologist Maria Jacinta Xon elucidates the sciences of indigenous women in spaces of resistance. Titled after the Milpa, a sustainable way of cultivating the land in Abya Yala (Central America) which consists of 12 crops instead of one, the work also presents the concept of Milpa as a way of thinking and living with plurality, solidarity and diversity - of crops, gender, sexuality and more. Curated by Cagla Ilk, Misal Adnan Yıldız, Christina Lehnert, sandeep sodhi

[lightdancer1]

Brazil too witnessed the emergence of a people as a result of its Maroon communities:

In Brazil, as with the Caribbean, a full formal ethogenesis, in a very abstract description of a much sharper reality, was the result of the Maroon experience in the major Portuguese colony. As with the Garifuna the Quilombo preserve their own sense of self as a people and their land against the full weight and pressure of the Brazilian state.

[wocinsolidarity]

The vibrant cultures of Central America are far too often overshadowed by their larger neighbors to the north and south, but what does that mean for a local ethnic group that’s even neglected within its own borders? For the Afro-Indigenous Garífuna people of coastal Honduras, the struggle for recognition is also the struggle to preserve their unique culture into future generations.

The short documentary On Our Land: Being Garífuna in Honduras gives us an on-the-ground look at how this plays out in communities like Trujillo and Limón, where some of the country’s nearly 150,000 Garífuna speakers are concentrated. Through a series of interviews with community members, local politicians, and members of the Garífuna diaspora in the United States, the documentary explores urgent challenges of linguistic survival, institutional representation, and that are affecting the Garífuna.

As the documentary explains, the mixed Garífuna culture formed after a shipwreck left captured Africans stranded on islands of the lesser Antilles, where they intermarried with indigenous Arawak and Caribs. When the British took the islands of St. Vincent and Dominica in the 18th century, the expelled the so-called “Black Caribs” to the island of Roatan off the northern coast of Honduras.

Directed by Neil Dixon, Erica Renee Harding, and James P. Frazier, On Our Land shows how the Garífuna have survived and thrived in the face of continued obstacles, all without losing the passion and joy that characterizes them as a people.

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Trip Down Memory Lane’s article on Africans in Honduras. 

[ifreakingloveroyals]

20 March 2022 | Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, dances with Garifuna women at Hopkins Village, Belize. (c) Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images

[ratboysims]

happy black history month! here are just a few black trans women you can help by donating on gofundme:

Black Enby  Trans Woman Relocation & Security Fund

Clarabelle Living and Bills Fund

Indigo’s Surgery Fund 

Help a Young Black Trans Woman Survive & Flourish

House Britani, A Black Trans Garifuna Migrant

Wriply's surgery/ continued living fund 

Help a homeless black trans woman escape violence

Nyah’s Gender Affirming care  

[brookston]

Holidays 11.19

Holidays

Alligator Wrestling Day

American Made Matters Day

Automatic Toll Collection Day

Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (Belarus, Russia)

Dedication Day

Discovery Day (Puerto Rico)

Equal Opportunity Day

Fast for an Abundant World Harvest

Fete de S.A.A. le Prince Souverain (Monaco)

Flag Day (Brazil)

Garifuna Settlement Day (Belize)

Get a Pal For Your Pet Day

Gettysburg Address Day

Group Rates For Group Souls Day

”Have A Bad Day” Day

International Journalist’s Remembrance Day

International Make Someone Feel Uncomfortable Day

International Men's Day

Liberation Day (Mali)

Liberation of the Sami People of the Coast (Norway)

Martyr’s Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)

National Alina Day

National Ammo Day

National Blow Bagpipes Day

National Camp Day

National Carla Day

National Day of Mourning (Germany)

National Domino Day (Netherlands)

National Enteropathic Arthritis Day (Canada)

National Integration Day (India)

National Lewis Day

National Morgan Day

National Rural Health Day

National Treasure Day

Play Monopoly Day

Please Maintain Your Focus Today Day

Prince Rainier Day (Monaco)

Retired Teachers’ Day (Florida)

Rocky & Bullwinkle Day

Service Tree Day (French Republic)

Tamandua Day (Brazil)

Tape Your Face Day

’What Ever Happened to Gary Puckett?’ Day

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

World Day of the Poor

World Portable Sanitation Day

World Toilet Day (UN)

Zion National Park Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day

National Macchiato Day

National Soup Day (Germany)

3rd Sunday in November

Alascattalo Day (Humor Appreciation Day; Alaska) [Sunday after 3rd Saturday]

Mother Goose Day [Sunday after 3rd Thursday]

Sunday before Advent] [5th Sunday before Christmas] (a.k.a. ... 

All Souls' Day (Visu Dvēseles Diena; Latvia)

Celebration of Christ the King

Ewigkeitssonntag (Eternity Sunday; Austria, Germany)

Christmas Pudding Day (UK)

Stir-Up Sunday (Anglican Church; UK)

Totensonntag (Sunday of the Dead; Germany)

Tuomiosunnuntai (Judgement Sunday; Finland)

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (UN) [3rd Sunday]

Independence Days

German Reich of Mednyat (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Karnia-Ruthenia (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Libri (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Rabenberg (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Angrboda’s Blot (Pagan)

Barlaam (Christian; Saint)

Chhat Parwa (Nepal)

Eustache Le Sueur (Artology)

Guru Nanak Jayanti (Sikh; India, Nepal)

Hate For the Sake of Hating Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Karthika Purnima (a.k.a. Rahasa Purnima; Parts of India)

Obadiah (Eastern Catholic Church; Prophet)

Pontian, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Raphael Kalinowski (Christian; Saint)

Severinus, Exuperius, and Felician (Christian; Saints)

Singbad the Sailor (Muppetism)

World Toilet Day (Pastafarian)

Ximenes (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 53 of 60)

Premieres

Addams Family Values (Film; 1993)

Artistry in Rhythm, by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Album; 1943)

Babes in the Woods (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Boris Badenov Presents or The 20-Inch Scream (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 227; 1963)

Bosko’s Dizzy Date (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)

Brain Salad Surgery, by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Album; 1973)

Bugs Bunny’s 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (WB Cartoon Compilation; 1982)

The Case of the Sulky Girl, by Erle Stanley Gardner (Novel; 1933) [Perry Mason #2]

Coda, by Led Zeppelin (Album; 1982)

Cowboy BeBop (TV Series; 2021)

Debbie Does Dallas (Adult Film; 1978)

Dollars to Doughnuts or The Wonderful World of Cruller (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 228; 1963)

Dylan, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1973)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Film; 2021)

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (Film; 1932)

I’m Out of Bullets or Pour Me Another Shot (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 231; 1963)

Joe’s Garage, by Frank Zappa (Rock Opera; 1979)

The Last Unicorn (Animated Film; 1982)

Liverpool Oratorio, by Paul McCartney (Oratorio; 1991)

Mansfield Park (Film; 1999)

National Treasure (Film; 2004)

The Night Watchman (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang, by Dr. Dre (Song; 1992)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Film; 1975)

Seasick Bullwinkle or How Green Was My Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 232; 1963)

Seven Samurai (Film; 1956)

Somebody to Love, by Queen (Song; 1976)

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Animated Film; 2004)

The Thrifty Pig (Disney Cartoon; 1941)

Toy Story 2 (Film; 1999)

The Wheel of Time (TV Series; 2021)

The World Is Not Enough (US Film; 1999) [James Bond #19]

Today’s Name Days

Bettina, Elisabeth, Lisa (Austria)

Jakov, Matilda, Obadija, Salomeja (Croatia)

Alžběta (Czech Republic)

Elisabeth (Denmark)

Betti, Eliisabet, Eliise, Elis, Els, Elsa, Else, Ilse, Liis, Liisa, Liisi, Liisu (Estonia)

Eliisa, Elisa, Elisabet, Elise, Liisa, Liisi (Finland)

Tanguy (France)

Bettina, Elisabeth, Lisa, Roman (Germany)

Erzsébet (Hungary)

Fausto (Italy)

Betija, Elizabete, Līza, Līze (Latvia)

Dainotas, Matilda, Rimgaudė (Lithuania)

Elisabeth, Lisbet (Norway)

Elżbieta, Mironiega, Paweł, Seweryn, Seweryna (Poland)

Avdie (Romania)

Alexander (Russia)

Alžbeta (Slovakia)

Crispín, Matilde (Spain)

Elisabet, Lisbet (Sweden)

Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betty, Elisa, Elisabeth, Elise, Elissa, Eliza, Elizabeth, Elsa, Elsie, Elyse, Elyssa, Elza, Libby, Lisa, Liza, Lizbeth, Lizette (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 323 of 2024; 42 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 46 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 20 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Gui-Hai), Day 7 (Xin-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 6 Kislev 5784

Islamic: 6 Jumada I 1445

J Cal: 23 Mir; Twosday [23 of 30]

Julian: 6 November 2023

Moon: 42%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 15 Frederic (12th Month) [Ximenes]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 57 of 89)

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 27 of 29)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 11.19

Holidays

Alligator Wrestling Day

American Made Matters Day

Automatic Toll Collection Day

Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (Belarus, Russia)

Dedication Day

Discovery Day (Puerto Rico)

Equal Opportunity Day

Fast for an Abundant World Harvest

Fete de S.A.A. le Prince Souverain (Monaco)

Flag Day (Brazil)

Garifuna Settlement Day (Belize)

Get a Pal For Your Pet Day

Gettysburg Address Day

Group Rates For Group Souls Day

”Have A Bad Day” Day

International Journalist’s Remembrance Day

International Make Someone Feel Uncomfortable Day

International Men's Day

Liberation Day (Mali)

Liberation of the Sami People of the Coast (Norway)

Martyr’s Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)

National Alina Day

National Ammo Day

National Blow Bagpipes Day

National Camp Day

National Carla Day

National Day of Mourning (Germany)

National Domino Day (Netherlands)

National Enteropathic Arthritis Day (Canada)

National Integration Day (India)

National Lewis Day

National Morgan Day

National Rural Health Day

National Treasure Day

Play Monopoly Day

Please Maintain Your Focus Today Day

Prince Rainier Day (Monaco)

Retired Teachers’ Day (Florida)

Rocky & Bullwinkle Day

Service Tree Day (French Republic)

Tamandua Day (Brazil)

Tape Your Face Day

’What Ever Happened to Gary Puckett?’ Day

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

World Day of the Poor

World Portable Sanitation Day

World Toilet Day (UN)

Zion National Park Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day

National Macchiato Day

National Soup Day (Germany)

3rd Sunday in November

Alascattalo Day (Humor Appreciation Day; Alaska) [Sunday after 3rd Saturday]

Mother Goose Day [Sunday after 3rd Thursday]

Sunday before Advent] [5th Sunday before Christmas] (a.k.a. ... 

All Souls' Day (Visu Dvēseles Diena; Latvia)

Celebration of Christ the King

Ewigkeitssonntag (Eternity Sunday; Austria, Germany)

Christmas Pudding Day (UK)

Stir-Up Sunday (Anglican Church; UK)

Totensonntag (Sunday of the Dead; Germany)

Tuomiosunnuntai (Judgement Sunday; Finland)

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (UN) [3rd Sunday]

Independence Days

German Reich of Mednyat (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Karnia-Ruthenia (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Libri (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Rabenberg (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Angrboda’s Blot (Pagan)

Barlaam (Christian; Saint)

Chhat Parwa (Nepal)

Eustache Le Sueur (Artology)

Guru Nanak Jayanti (Sikh; India, Nepal)

Hate For the Sake of Hating Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Karthika Purnima (a.k.a. Rahasa Purnima; Parts of India)

Obadiah (Eastern Catholic Church; Prophet)

Pontian, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Raphael Kalinowski (Christian; Saint)

Severinus, Exuperius, and Felician (Christian; Saints)

Singbad the Sailor (Muppetism)

World Toilet Day (Pastafarian)

Ximenes (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 53 of 60)

Premieres

Addams Family Values (Film; 1993)

Artistry in Rhythm, by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (Album; 1943)

Babes in the Woods (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Boris Badenov Presents or The 20-Inch Scream (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 227; 1963)

Bosko’s Dizzy Date (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)

Brain Salad Surgery, by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Album; 1973)

Bugs Bunny’s 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (WB Cartoon Compilation; 1982)

The Case of the Sulky Girl, by Erle Stanley Gardner (Novel; 1933) [Perry Mason #2]

Coda, by Led Zeppelin (Album; 1982)

Cowboy BeBop (TV Series; 2021)

Debbie Does Dallas (Adult Film; 1978)

Dollars to Doughnuts or The Wonderful World of Cruller (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 228; 1963)

Dylan, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1973)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Film; 2021)

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (Film; 1932)

I’m Out of Bullets or Pour Me Another Shot (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 231; 1963)

Joe’s Garage, by Frank Zappa (Rock Opera; 1979)

The Last Unicorn (Animated Film; 1982)

Liverpool Oratorio, by Paul McCartney (Oratorio; 1991)

Mansfield Park (Film; 1999)

National Treasure (Film; 2004)

The Night Watchman (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)

Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang, by Dr. Dre (Song; 1992)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Film; 1975)

Seasick Bullwinkle or How Green Was My Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 232; 1963)

Seven Samurai (Film; 1956)

Somebody to Love, by Queen (Song; 1976)

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Animated Film; 2004)

The Thrifty Pig (Disney Cartoon; 1941)

Toy Story 2 (Film; 1999)

The Wheel of Time (TV Series; 2021)

The World Is Not Enough (US Film; 1999) [James Bond #19]

Today’s Name Days

Bettina, Elisabeth, Lisa (Austria)

Jakov, Matilda, Obadija, Salomeja (Croatia)

Alžběta (Czech Republic)

Elisabeth (Denmark)

Betti, Eliisabet, Eliise, Elis, Els, Elsa, Else, Ilse, Liis, Liisa, Liisi, Liisu (Estonia)

Eliisa, Elisa, Elisabet, Elise, Liisa, Liisi (Finland)

Tanguy (France)

Bettina, Elisabeth, Lisa, Roman (Germany)

Erzsébet (Hungary)

Fausto (Italy)

Betija, Elizabete, Līza, Līze (Latvia)

Dainotas, Matilda, Rimgaudė (Lithuania)

Elisabeth, Lisbet (Norway)

Elżbieta, Mironiega, Paweł, Seweryn, Seweryna (Poland)

Avdie (Romania)

Alexander (Russia)

Alžbeta (Slovakia)

Crispín, Matilde (Spain)

Elisabet, Lisbet (Sweden)

Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betty, Elisa, Elisabeth, Elise, Elissa, Eliza, Elizabeth, Elsa, Elsie, Elyse, Elyssa, Elza, Libby, Lisa, Liza, Lizbeth, Lizette (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 323 of 2024; 42 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 46 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 20 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Gui-Hai), Day 7 (Xin-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 6 Kislev 5784

Islamic: 6 Jumada I 1445

J Cal: 23 Mir; Twosday [23 of 30]

Julian: 6 November 2023

Moon: 42%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 15 Frederic (12th Month) [Ximenes]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 57 of 89)

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 27 of 29)

[gwendolynlerman]

Languages of the world

Garifuna (Garífuna)

Basic facts

Number of native speakers: 200,000

Recognized minority language: Belize, Guatemala

Language of diaspora: Honduras, Nicaragua, United States, Spain

Script: Latin, 24 letters

Grammatical cases: 0

Linguistic typology: agglutinative, VSO

Language family: Arawakan, Northern, Ta-Arawakan, Kalinago

Number of dialects: -

History

1618 - first known documentation of the language

1975 - first dictionary

2008 - declaration as Masterpiece of the Oral and Intagible Heritage of Humanity

2012 - first movie in Garifuna

Writing system and pronunciation

These are the letters that make up the alphabet: a b ch d e f g h i k l m n ñ o p r s t u ü w y.

Primary stress is written with an acute accent, while a grave accent marks secondary stress. The former always falls on one of the first two syllables.

Grammar

Nouns are inflected for gender, plural, and possessor. Pluralization is irregular and done using suffixes.

Grammatical gender is also distinguished in independent personal pronouns. Numerals from 3 upwards are based on the vigesimal system.

Verbs are conjugated for tense, aspect, mood, person, and number. Both subject and object are marked in verbs using affixes and particles, like the rest of markers.

Dialects

There are no dialects per se, but parts of Garifuna’s vocabulary differ depending on the gender of the speaker. This is a consequence of the conquest of Arawakan peoples by the Caribs, who were predominantly men that later married Arawakan women. Children from these marriages were raised speaking Arawak by their mothers, but when boys became adults, their fathers taught them Carib.

As a result, boys and men use Carib vocabulary and Arawakan grammar, while girls and women use only Arawak words.

[black-is-beautiful18]

Racism towards black is the same in Brazil, Mexico, Columbia, Panama, Puerto Rico, Argentina etc. Dark skin is frowned upon and looked at as less desirable. Afro-Latina's are legitimately called an embarrassment to the Latin race. If you don't look like Selena, Shakira, J.Lo, Evelyn Lozada, Thalia or Selena Gomez you are not accepted as a Latina. We have our racism here, it's not just over there in the US.

EXACTLY! Brazil has the 2nd largest population of Black ppl after Africa and you do not see them especially if they’re dark skin women. The Garifuna ppl of Honduras aren’t even allowed to say that they’re Garifuna let alone Black on the freaking census. The anti blackness and misogynoir of Latin America is insane. Racism needs to be declared as a national crisis or whatever cuz it’s really stopping ppl from being able to live.

[incorrect-du-quotes]

Milo for the headcanons, pls

He teaches World History and Ancient Literature. 

When he started working at DU, Professor Carl Fredricksen kind of took him under his wing and became a mentor of sorts. 

He knows about ten different languages and dialects, including ancient Greek, Latin, Phoenician, and Hebrew. 

His wife Kida knows about fifteen different languages and dialects. She works as a translator for a prestigious law firm. 

The man’s a born romantic. He’ll spend weeks planning things to do with his wife. Even if they don’t often turn out the way he intended, he enjoys it all. 

He likes to show her off to people and brag on her behalf. “Students, this amazing woman right here is my wife Kida.” “Professor Porter, have you met my wife?” “She knows Mandarin, Sanskrit, Garifuna...” It’s incredibly sweet. 

He tends to get carried away sometimes during lectures, acting things out or just getting caught up in emotion and excitement. The students think it’s adorable.  

He’s, surprisingly, one of the most popular teachers in the school. Professor Jafar will say that’s not a good measuring stick for how good a college professor is, “... and anyway, it’s probably because you’re too soft on them. They think they can just walk all over you.” (sour grapes much?) 

He’s developed an unusual and very unexpected comraderie with swim coach Maui. They don’t understand how it works either.  

He’s got a kind of brother-sister relationship with Art Professor Jane Porter-Greystroke, and sometimes goes to her for advice regarding women, though she keeps pointing out that he’s got really good instincts when it comes to his wife’s thoughts and feelings.

His office is an absolute mess. “A pile for everything, and everything in its pile.” Carl once described it. His filing system is... well, only he can truly understand it. For example, grades for the Ancient Egypt unit are in a file marked “Sphinx (not Greek).” Student essays on Oedipus Rex and Antigone are filed under “Sphinx (Greek one).”

Driving makes him nervous. Even though he’s got a license, he’d much rather ride the bus or hire an Uber driver (to be fair, the traffic in Anaheim doesn’t make it easy).  

He has trouble watching historical films or tv shows. The inaccuracies drive him crazy. 

He remembers everyone’s birthday, students and faculty members alike, and always gives them a card. 

He’s a huge cat nerd. He and Kida own at least three. 

He gets sea-sick really easily. Even just watching sailboats makes him a little queasy by association. 

If angry, he’s not afraid to give someone a piece of his mind, as Director Hook once learned the hard way. 

This isn’t known outside their most intimate circle of friends, but he and Kida are currently trying to have kids. They’re in no rush. It’ll happen in its own, good time.